Thesaurus results for SILVER SCREEN

silver screen

noun

Definition of silver screen

as in film

the art or business of making a movie a list of the top 100 stars of the silver screen

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Recent Examples of silver screen What happens when a silver screen icon meets an icon of Marxist revolution? — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026 Away from the stage and silver screen, Harpo talked plenty. — Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026 Look no further than Gen-X silver screen icon Ethan Hawke. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 19 May 2026 The first edition falls on the 70th anniversary of the day Carmen Jones, Otto Preminger’s seminal musical starring Black silver screen pioneers Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte, debuted at Cannes. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for silver screen

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The film spawned the sequels Ocean’s 12 in 2004 and 2007’s Ocean’s 13, in which both of them reprised their roles.

— Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
Joie de Vivre is produced by MeMo Films, the production company co-founded in 2010 by entrepreneur and fashion designer Gabriele Moratti and distributor and film producer Francesco Melzi d’Eril.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of film

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Young people want movies and TV shows that reflect their own lives and relatable issues, rather than more stories in the fantasy genre, according to last year’s annual Teens and Screens report from the Center for Scholars and Storytellers at UCLA.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
After all, an emotional, and intense, journey is also what the protagonists of her movie embark on.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of movie

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Universal acclaim or not, the film launched his groundbreaking directing career and helped usher in a new era of Black independent filmmaking.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
While visual effects can enhance martial arts on screen, Wu argues that authentic filmmaking still depends on performance.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 25 July 2026

Definition of filmmaking

Noun

Under Ellison and new big screen bosses in the form of Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein, everyone expected changes to be made at the studios of the new Paramount Skydance.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026
One popular exhibit has visitors getting a picture taken of their eye, and seeing it up close on a big screen.

— Neal Riley, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

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